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The Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2089 · Made 20 July 1999

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LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 20th July 1999

Laid before Parliament 22nd July 1999

Coming into force 1st September 1999

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9, 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988f1, having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1988 c. 34; sections 34 and 43 were amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 18, paragraphs 60 and 63. Section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the 1989 Regulations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Advice and Assistance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the 1989 Regulations” means the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989f1, and a Regulation referred to by number alone means the Regulation so numbered in those Regulations.

3Amendments to the 1989 Regulations

In Regulation 3,

(a)

after the definition of “Costs Regulations” the following shall be inserted:

  • ““customs office” has the meaning assigned to it by article 2(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Customs and Excise) Order 1985f1;

  • “customs officer” means officer as defined in article 2(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Customs and Excise) Order 1985;”

(b)

in the definition of “volunteer”:

(i)

the words “or a customs office” shall be inserted after “police station” each time it appears; and

(ii)

the words “or customs officer” shall be inserted after “constable” each time it appears.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Keith Vaz

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

Dated 14th July 1999

We consent,

Bob Ainsworth

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 20th July 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations 1989 so as to extend those Regulations to advice and assistance given to persons in connection with investigations by H.M. Customs and Excise.